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Interactive Design - Project 1

5/5/2025 - 1/6/2025 (Week 3 - Week) Samuel Keane / 0376236 Interactive Design /  Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Project 1 JUMPLINKS (not yet linked) 1. LECTURES 2. INSTRUCTIONS 3. PROJECTS LECTURES Lectures INSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS Project 1 — Web Redesign Proposal https://pempekcandyofficial.com I chose to redesign a website that belongs to a food brand called Pempek Candy. The website has multiple flaws that can be improved like the homepage being cramped and the lack of navigation bar. This is my proposal. REFLECTIONS

Advanced Typography - Task 2: Key Artwork & Collateral

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14/05/25 (Week 4 -  Samuel Keane / 0376236 Advanced Typography / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media Task 2: Key Artwork & Collateral JUMPLINKS  (not yet linked fr this time) 1.  LECTURES 2.  INSTRUCTIONS 3. TASK 4.  FEEDBACKS 5.  REFLECTIONS 6.  FURTHER READING LECTURES INSTRUCTIONS TASK Task 2A: Key Artwork I started by creating a mind map about myself to know what I aspect of my life I want to use as the theme for my wordmark. Fig, 3.1, Mind map, Week 4, (17/05/2025) I figured that I wanted to make something that related to my love with music, especially the emo post-hardcore/punk genre which shaped my personality and life in high school. So, basically I am going for a more gothic and grungy look on my wordmark. I sea...

Interactive Design - Exercise 2

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06/04/25 - 5/5/25 (Week 3 - Week 6) Samuel Keane / 0376236 Interactive Design /  Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Exercise 2 JUMPLINKS 1. LECTURES 2. INSTRUCTIONS 3. PROJECTS LECTURES Lectures INSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS Exercise 2 — Web Replication Exercise 2 requires us to replicate two websites. These are the two websites I picked to replicate. 1.  thebanshies.com/en 2.  oharchitecture.com.au 1. The Banshies To begin, I first screengrabbed the entire website homepage. Fig. 3.1, Homepage screengrab, (04/05/2025) Then, I open up Illustrator and started scanning through the fonts used and found out that all of it was from Helvetica. Knowing this, I instantly do the text replication from top to bottom. A little bit of kerning was done to the text, so I need to do a little bit of adjustments on the spacing between text. Fig. 3.1, Live events comparison, (04/05/2025) After writing all the text down, I s...

Video & Sound Production - Final Project

Video & Sound Production - Project 2

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05/05/25 - 02/06/25 (Week 3-Week 7) Samuel Keane / 0376236 Video & Sound Production / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Project 2 JUMPLINKS 1.  LECTURES 2.  INSTRUCTIONS 3.  PROJECTS 4.  REFLECTIONS LECTURES 1. Hard sound effects Specific sounds that are added to a film to enhance a particular action or event, such as, door creaking, glass breaking, etc. 2. Ambient sound effects Background noises such as wind, crowd, etc. INSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS Week 2: Exercise In this exercise, we were told to edit a sequence from pre-existing shots provided by Mr. Martin on Google Drive. Editing should be done on Premiere Pro and it should be 35 seconds sharp. Fig. 3.1, Editing Process, Week 3 (05/05/2025) What I did was very simple, I added the graphics and sound effects, as well as a crappy song I wrote a few months ago for background music. REFLECTIONS

Video & Sound Production - Project 1

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28/04/25 - 26/05/25 (Week 2-Week 6) Samuel Keane / 0376236 Video & Sound Production / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Project 1 JUMPLINKS 1.  LECTURES 2.  INSTRUCTIONS 3.  PROJECTS 4.  REFLECTIONS LECTURES INSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS Exercise 1: Audio Dubbing This week, Mr. Martin divides us into groups of 5. We were instructed to search for audios and sound effects for a clip from the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. After searching for the SFXs, we put them all together on one Google Sheet. Click here to access the Google Sheet link . Then, I adjust and put all of the sounds together on Premiere Pro. I started by putting the hard sound effects first. Fig. 3.1, Hard SFXs, (16/05/2025) Then, I added ambience too to elevate the tension and suspense on the clip. Fig. 3.2, Tension, (16/05/2025) On top of everything, I added the voiceovers I recorded using my phone. Fig. 3.3, Dubbing, (16/05/2025) After I put all of the nec...

Video & Sound Production - Exercise

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21/04/25 - 28/04/25 (Week 1-Week 2) Samuel Keane / 0376236 Video & Sound Production / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Exercise JUMPLINKS 1. LECTURES 2. INSTRUCTIONS 3. PROJECTS 4. REFLECTIONS LECTURES Cinema Technique is all about manipulating shots and sequence that isolating part of it to look at. Shot Size Extreme Wide Shot establishes the location or the place of the scene where the main character is in Wide Shot shows the subject from head to toe, showcasing the environment of the scene Full Shot shows a tighter showcase of a subject from head to toe Medium Wide Shot frames the subject from above the knee Medium Shot  is mostly used for showing dialogues, it shows the subject from waist up. Medium Close Up frames subject from the chest up, emphasizes subjects emotion and reaction Close Up strictly frames the subjects face, detailing the subjects expression on a deeper level Ext...